Tenure 2008

     At a Pennsylvania college, Charlie Thurber is a good teacher but he has not authored any publications.  His tenure review is in three months and he's trying to get an article in print.  Out of the blue, the dean announces that a new assistant professor will join them and she is a scholarly young woman from Yale.  Now Charlie faces competition!!  His best friend Jay is an anthropologist looking for Sasquatch.  Jay urges Charlie to declare war on the new colleague.  Charlie gives in despite his better judgment and he goes along with the new plan.  Meanwhile, Charlie’s father hates the local assisted living facility where he is living?  Charlie tries to connect with a woman he sees on television and one of his students makes a pass.  Is tenure in the works for Charlie?

     Despite his outstanding intellect, associate professor Charlie Thurber is a chronic underachiever and has never previously received university tenure.  Aided by his nutty best friend, Charlie launches a final effort to make the grade at Gray College.  Unfortunately, a beautiful new female teacher with an ascending star threatens to eclipse him and shake up Charlie’s plans.  2 1/2* (This movie is so-so)

89 min, Comedy directed and written by Mike Million with Luke Wilson, Gretchen Mol, David Koechner, Sasha Alexander, Bob Gunton, Rosemarie DeWitt, Michael Cudlitz, William Bogert, Andrew Daly, Ellen Tobie, Zach Selwyn, Hilary Pingle, Nathan Pham, Van Hughes, Lily Holeman.

Note:  Imdb 6.1* out of 10* with 2542 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 33% with 500+ audience scores, Amazon 3.9* out of 5* with 55 ratings, Letterboxd 2.7* out of 5*.

Special Note:  Luke Wilson and David Koechner appeared in the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004).  Luke Wilson and Gretchen Mol appeared in 3:10 to Yuma (2007).  When Charlie plays the word "chug" during the game of Scrabble, you can see that one of the words spelled on the board is "yeti".